Living in Santa Fe, you kind of have to have an opinion on astrology. Here’s my attempt at one: It’s cool, but not because of anything to do with the stars. While I’m not the kind of person to make a big to-do about it, I do seem to find that people’s astrology tends to […]
Today marks the center of our passing back into the dark half of the year, through the sweet, short-lived equilibrium of fall. This has always been the best season in New Mexico - the high mountain aspens are starting to glow now and by mid October all the cottonwoods in the valleys will be a […]
You may have noticed mention in our bios of having played with Kip Winger, leader of the 80’s band Winger - he used to live in Santa Fe, and Char and I ended up recording a demo with our then-band that he produced. In the late 90’s, I played on a couple of his records […]
IMG_1231, originally uploaded by Round Mountain. It sure is hard to get around to keeping you all posted, so I figure I should show you what I’ve been up to, by way of explanation. This is a recent photo of our splendid Ida, who at 15 lbs. 10 oz., 4 months old, and 25″ long […]
Laying down the doundouns, originally uploaded by Round Mountain. Well, as promised, here is a little photo of Round Mountain in the studio. The new record has been an invigorating experience. Unlike our first album, we’ve started with a batch of songs that we can already play live. So when we do overdub a bunch […]
Something struck home with me on reading the news about Katrina, and that was the difference between the victims of Katrina and those of the Tsunami last winter - the Indonesians remained peaceful under conditions similar to those that, in America, incited a descent into anarchy. Evidently our status as the richest country on Earth […]
New Orleans is such grim news it’s hard to think of anything else now, but I really appreciated what Borya said about the seasons, and how Round Mountain is a CD he likes to hear in the fall. I have a sacred pantheon of albums I like to play this time of year, too: in […]